Welcome to Engineering 100

Engineering Freshman Seminar

(or "What is Engineering and How do I Succeed")

Fall 2004

Tep Dobry

Course Information

This semester we will be doing a pilot in Engr 100 for a future 3 credit Introduction to Engineering course. You hear from a series of engineering faculty from all three disciplines, do some hands-on projects, and meet with peer mentors to help you in your first semester in engineering. The course is meant to inform and motivate you to rewarding and chanllenging careers in engineering.
Meetings
Section 001: MW 1:30-2:20 pm in Holmes 244, F 1:30-2:20 pm in Holmes 247.
Text
"Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career"; Raymond Landis; Discovery Press; 2000.
Website
http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~tep/Engr100/F04

Syllabus

Week 1:Introduction
Monday, 23 Aug 04
Wednesday, 25 Aug 04
Friday, 27 Aug 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 1.1 to 1.5
Week 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering Week
Monday, 30 Aug 04
General Overview of CEE (Randy Akiona)
Wednesday, 1 Sep 04
Site Visit (Randy Akiona)
Friday, 3 Sep 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 1.6 to 1.12
Week 3: Civil and Environmental Engineering Week
Monday, 6 Sep 04
Holiday - no class
Wednesday, 8 Sep 04
Project Testing (Randy Akiona)
Friday, 10 Sep 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 3.1 to 3.3
Week 4: Civil and Environmental Engineering Week
Monday, 13 Sep 04
Discussion of Site Visit (Randy Akiona)
Wednesday, 15 Sep 04
Your Course Work and CEE (Randy Akiona)
Friday, 17 Sep 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 3.4 to 3.6
Week 5: Civil and Environmental Engineering Week
Monday, 20 Sep 04
Project Testing (Randy Akiona)
Wednesday, 22 Sep 04
Project Presentations (Randy Akiona)
Friday, 24 Sep 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 3.7 to 3.8
Week 6:How are we doing
Monday, 27 Sep 04
Wednesday, 29 Sep 04
Friday, 1 Oct 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 2.1 to 2.3
Week 7: Electrical Engineering Week
Monday, 4 Oct 04
Overview of EE (Galen Sasaki)
Wednesday, 6 Oct 04
Guest Speaker
Friday, 8 Oct 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 2.4 to 2.5
Week 8: Electrical Engineering Week
Monday, 11 Oct 04
Computer Overview (Tep Dobry)
Wednesday, 13 Oct 04
Computer Applications and Research (Yingfei Dong)
Friday, 15 Oct 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • NO CLASS - Attend Career Day!
Week 9: Electrical Engineering Week
Monday, 18 Oct 04
Electrophysics Overview (Audra Bullock)
Wednesday, 20 Oct 04
Electrophysics Applications and Research (Victor Lubecke)
Friday, 22 Oct 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 2.6 to 2.7
Week 10: Electrical Engineering Week
Monday, 25 Oct 04
Systems Overview (Anthony Kuh)
Wednesday, 27 Oct 04
Systems Applications and Research (Anders Host-Madsen)
Friday, 29 Oct 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 2.8 to 2.10
Week 11: How are we doing 2
Monday, 1 Nov 04
Wednesday, 3 Nov 04
Friday, 5 Nov 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 4.1 to 4.3
Week 12: Mechanical Engineering Week
Monday, 8 Nov 04
Overview of ME (Carlos Coimbra)
Wednesday, 10 Nov 04
Energy Conversion, Combustion and Thermal Systems (Beei-Huan Chao)
Friday, 12 Nov 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 4.4 to 4.8
Week 13: Mechanical Engineering Week
Monday, 15 Nov 04
Computational Engineering (Marcelo Kobayashi)
Wednesday, 17 Nov 04
Biomedical Engineering in the 21st Century (Yuling Yan)
Friday, 19 Nov 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Advising session
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 5.1 to 5.2
Week 14: Mechanical Engineering Week
Monday, 22 Nov 04
Instrumentation for Biomedical Research (Lily Laiho)
Wednesday, 24 Nov 04
Robotics (Peter Berkelman)
Friday, 26 Nov 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • NO CLASS - Happy Thanksgiving :-)
Week 15: Mechanical Engineering Week
Monday, 29 Nov 04
The Science of Stuff (Bruce Liebert)
Wednesday, 1 Dec 04
Historical Perspective of Mechanical Engineering and Its Role in the Future of Society (Carlos Coimbra)
Friday, 3 Dec Aug 04
Meeting with peer mentors
  • Readings for discussion this week:
    • Sections 5.3 to 5.4
Week 16:
Monday, 6 Dec 04
Where have we been?
Wednesday, 8 Dec 04
Pa`ina